I have two little ones and lots of friends with babies/kids. If the app allowed background audio when I’m using other apps or my phone is locked Wyze Cam would hands down be the cheapest/best baby monitor and I would tell all my friends to buy one (or three!).

Seriously, your Wyze Cam sales will shoot through the roof if you just add this one feature. Other than Wyze Cam I have used the Cloud Baby Monitor App on an iPod touch (fantastic app but expensive for the iPod touch and no night vision), Cocoon Cam (expensive), and old fashioned audio monitors (no video).

I was just looking for how to do this today (using iOS here). Disappointed that this app doesn’t do what any radio app will, that is leave the sound on when the phone or tablet locks. I don’t want to leave the display on.

Seems like this would be simple to implement, not sure why it needs to be a “Maybe later” item. If you think some will complain about it, then make it an option in settings.

I don’t speak for Wyze’s dev team, but I will point out a couple things. Wyze does not have unlimited development resources. Running a slim efficient operation is part of why they can offer the products at the prices they do. Ease of development is a relative thing. It may not take a huge number of man-hours, but there is testing, etc involved. Also, it has to be done for iOS and Android at the same time, which may present different issues.

So it comes down to matters of priority. While votes is not the sole determinant of priority, this particular wish isn’t in the top 25 of vote getters yet. All of that may help explain its “maybe-later” status.

Has any thought been given to adding an option of turning the screen off but leaving the sound on? This would be useful for parents who use their wyze cam to monitor their babies. It have the advantage of saving the battery while still allowing parents to listen to their baby. What are your thoughts?

Love these cameras but the one major missing feature is being able to play background audio (listen to camera with screen off or when using another app) on my iPhone. Any plans to add this so we can use these as baby monitors without draining our phone battery?